JUDGMENT :

The writ petition is taken up today through Video conferencing.

The present writ petition has been filed for quashing and setting aside the order as contained in letter no. PK/LPG/TER-2001 dated 17.01.2020 issued under the signature of the respondent no. 3 – the Deputy General Manager, Jamshedpur LPG Regional Office, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), whereby the LPG dealership (Domestic & Commercial) agreement dated 04.06.2013 (renewed vide agreement dated 03.06.2018) executed between the petitioner and HPCL, has been terminated. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the respondent-HPCL and its authorities to allow the petitioner to continue with the said dealership/distributorship agreement.

2. During pendency of the writ petition, I.A No. 327 of 2021 was filed by one Krishna Kumar Singh – father of the respondent no. 6 for impleading him as a party respondent. This Court vide order dated 23.03.2021, disposed of the said interlocutory application observing that since his son (the respondent no. 6 herein) had already been arrayed as respondent no. 6 in the present case, there was no reason to implead him as a party respondent. However he